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World Kidney Day is on the 12th of March. It started in 2006 and has grown quickly. In its first year, 66 countries celebrated it and two years later that number rose to 88. The day is a joint venture of the International Society of Nephrology and th

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World Kidney Day is on the 12th of March. It started in 2006 and has grown quickly. In its first year, 66 countries celebrated it and two years later that number rose to 88. The day is a joint venture of the International Society of Nephrology and th

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Dengue Fever 1 Dengue fever is a mosquito borne 2 infection. The disease is characterized by high fever, headache, bone or joint and muscle pains, and rash. Dengue haemorrhagic 3 fever is a potentiall

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Scientists Test New Treatment for Injuries that Produce Arthritis American researchers are looking for new ways to reduce arthritis pain. Arthritis is known to affect older people. Over time, the joints of the body suffer damage and become inflamed.

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This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. This week, the World Health Organization released its first country-by-country look at Smoke from wood fires creates pollution in the home environmental health risks. These include pollution, dangers in th

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Mosquito-Borne Viruses Spread Across the World 蚊子把病毒传向全世界 From VOA Learning English, this is the Health and Lifestyle report. A virus with a strange-sounding name has been around for a long time but only in parts of the world. Now

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The World Health Organization and the United Nations Children's Fund are launching an emergency appeal for $1.6 million to try to contain a cholera epidemic in Guinea-Bissau, which has affected more than 12,000 people and killed more than 200. Lisa

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Scientists say that omega-3 fatty acids in fish oil can help people with heart disease live longer. But until now, no one knew why omega-3 oils are so beneficial. This is what coronary artery disease looks like. Plaque builds up inside the coronary a

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美国有线新闻 CNN 2013-01-15

Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy is usually called CTE. It's a brain disease that can lead to dementia, memory lose or depression. Officials say it's sometime seen in people after they suffer multiple hits to the head. The National Institutes of Heal

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台湾苦苦应对登革热疫情

TAIPEI, Nov. 25 (Xinhua) -- Kaohsiung City in southern Taiwan recorded 466 new dengue fever cases on Tuesday, its highest number since May, said the island's disease control agency on Wednesday. The figure was 150 more than that of Monday, the agency

2007年VOA标准英语-Health Officials Monitoring Rare Illness in Wes

By Joseph Popiolkowski Hong Kong 11 July 2007 An obscure and non-fatal disease has been spreading among some Western Pacific islands. Joseph Popiolkowski reports from Hong Kong warmer weather and heavy rains have led to an increase in mosquito-borne

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It was on January 27, 1964 that France recognized the Peoples Republic of China. China and France issued a joint communique which read: the French government and the government of the Peoples Republic of China decided to establish diplomatic relation

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In a scientific triumph that will change the way the world fights a killer, an experimental Ebola vaccine tested on humans in the waning days of the West African epidemic has been shown to provide 100 percent protection against the lethal disease. 在西

台湾登革热疫情仍继续

TAIPEI, Oct. 24 (Xinhua) -- The number of dengue cases reported in Taiwan has risen to 26,910 as of Friday since the outbreak in May, said the island's disease control center on Saturday. On Friday, the island reported 261 new cases, 150 in the south

台湾登革热疫情累计病例破万

TAIPEI, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) -- The public has been called on to prevent dengue fever in Taiwan as the number of cases breaks 10,000 across the island. From the start of summer to Wednesday, the number of dengue fever cases has climbed to 10,384, with 9

莫桑比克当局说登革热“回滚”

MAPUTO, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Health authorities in northern Mozambique said on Tuesday that dengue fever is being rolled back, although the total number of infection has climbed to 32. The disease was first detected in late February in Pemba, capital

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The Zika virus outbreak in Latin America could be a bigger threat to global health than the Ebola epidemic that killed more than 11,000 people in Africa. That's according to several public health experts who spoke with the Guardian and Examiner newsp